Fables of La Fontaine. Translated from the French

by Elizur Wright, Jr. by Jean de La Fontaine

$650 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Granville, J.J. First American edition of the Wright translation, and the first American edition with Grandville’s illustrations. Illustrated by J.J. Granville. xlviii, 245; 339 pp. Stereotyped at the Boston Type and Stereotype Foundary. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. Original brown cloth with gilt stamped Urn on upper and lower covers. A Very fine copy with just a hint of foxing and rubbing. Item #43872

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